Back in action! Enjoying the fantastic Easter snow at the top of Cairngorm after the Everest ChallengeThank you so much to everyone who have donated - we have raised an incredible £1960 so far for Friends of Anchor, which is absolutely brilliant and will directly help Leukemia and other Cancer sufferers. The donation page is still very much open, so both myself and Friends of Anchor would be very grateful for any belated donations!
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Summary of the challenge (Geeky stuff!)
Total ascent: 10,020 meters
Distance travelled: about 98 Km!
Total runs: 98 (Grouse 22, Eagle 76)
Total Time: 7 hours 51 minutes (includes 45 mins of rest)
Calories burnt: 4300
Average heart rate: 132 bpm
Time for legs to stop aching: about 7 days and even more baths!!
The Eagle run at the lecht which I used for most of the day. With so few people I was lucky not to have to queue more than half a dozen times in the day. My standard run was in 3:45 mins round trip: 2:50 going up and 55 seconds down! (i had a lot of time to time myself!)
I spent most of the day going up the hill on the poma....
...nearly there
Made it! Reached the Everest height after 7 hours!
Celebration, and some relief, at reaching my target!
Stopped at top for a "photo shoot" after reaching the target. I was feeling pretty good and still enjoying the snow so decided to aim for 10,000m by the end of the day!
nearly there!
After being shooed off the slopes so they could close up, my final total was 10,020 meters. It had been a brilliant day, great fun and although my feet never stopped aching I was very surprised that I still had energy and was still smiling at the end of the day........the real pain set in started about 24 hours later!
The final tally on the polar monitorClick to go to previous post "Everest reached!"
